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Posted in: Season 11 The Real Catch Me If You Can Series
The Real Catch Me If You Can Frank Abagnale

Frank Abagnale, a conman, gets an ethics award (part 8)

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Frank Abagnale, a conman, gets an ethics award   On September 12, 2022, Frank Abagnale was honored with a Heroes […]

Posted in: Season 11 The Real Catch Me If You Can Series
The Real Catch Me If You Can Frank Abagnale

Frank Abagnale’s older brother posed as a therapist and kidnapped a girl (part 7)

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Roy Abagnale, Frank Abagnale’s older brother, used multiple aliases, faked his career as a therapist, and was even accused of […]

Posted in: Season 11 The Real Catch Me If You Can Series
The Real Catch Me If You Can Frank Abagnale

Interview with the FBI agent who arrested Frank Abagnale (part 6)

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Meet the FBI agent who slapped the cuffs on Abagnale Frank Abagnale was busted for cashing ten bogus airline payroll […]

Posted in: Season 8
PRETEND Podcast - The Hypnotist

Is hypnosis admissible in court? (The Hypnotist part 3)

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In this episode Can law enforcement use investigative hypnosis as evidence? Believe it or not, law enforcement in the US […]

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Murder in Our Midst: Comparing Crime Coverage Ethics in an Age of Globalized News

Is there any news value in naming criminal suspects?

Does the right to know outweigh the risk of copycats, notoriety, and exposure to the suspect’s family? The mass murder […]

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Victor Lustig - 10 Commandments for Con Artists

Victor Lustig – 10 Commandments for Con Artists

“Ten Commandments for Con Men” is attributed to Victor Lustig, the man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice. Be a […]

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Victor Lustig - The Con Man Who Sold The Eiffel Tower

Victor Lustig – The Con Man Who Sold The Eiffel Tower

Victor Lustig is a con artist who sold the Eiffel Tower twice! Charlie from the Crimelines Podcast joins me to […]

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Donnie Brasco Infultrated the mafia

How Joe Pistone “Donnie Brasco” infiltrated the mafia

FBI agent infiltrates the mafia Did you know that Joe Pistone (the real Donnie Brasco) and the FBI infiltrated the […]

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The Sugar Daddy Alan Canty

S502: The Sugar Daddy part 2 – The beheading of Alan Canty

Alan Canty spent most of his lunch breaks rendezvousing with an 18-year-old sex worker named Dawn Spens in the seedy […]

Posted in: Episodes Season 3 Word of Faith Fellowship
Podcast-The-Prophet- The case against the Word of Faith Fellowship - Matthew Fenner

S311: The Prophet – Matthew Fenner vs. the Word of Faith Fellowship Part 2

  What does being gay mean at the Word of Faith Fellowship? Let’s say a man speaks to another man. […]

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About PRETEND Podcast:
PRETEND podcast is consistently in the top 100 True Crime Podcasts in US, UK, Canada, and Australia. It has been featured in the New York Times, the BBC, and New York Magazine and Vulture named PRETEND in their top 52 True Crime podcast list.
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